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Alan E Garfield

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“Reasoning-Lite” In The Violent Video Game Case, Alan Garfield Nov 2011

“Reasoning-Lite” In The Violent Video Game Case, Alan Garfield

Alan E Garfield

One might have expected that the Supreme Court’s recent decision in the violent video game case, Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Ass’n, would have been a thoughtful balancing of society’s competing interests in protecting freedom of speech and protecting children from harm. After all, the Supreme Court had held decades earlier that the government could deny minors access to soft-porn, or what the Court called “girlie magazines.” So one could have assumed the Court would seriously consider California’s claim that minors also needed sheltering from the grittier world of violent video game rapes, beheadings, and ethnic cleansings. Yet, as Justice Scalia’s …


Conservative Justices Fail To See Corrupting Influence Of Money, Alan E. Garfield Mar 2011

Conservative Justices Fail To See Corrupting Influence Of Money, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Don't Expect Kagan To Change Court Dynamic, Alan E. Garfield Jun 2010

Don't Expect Kagan To Change Court Dynamic, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Court's Campaign-Financing Decision Endangers Democracy, Alan E. Garfield Jan 2010

Court's Campaign-Financing Decision Endangers Democracy, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.